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  • A healthy coral reef at Apo Reef, Phillippines with various hard corals and schools of damselfish and other fish species in clear water.
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  • Reef scene with soft and hard corals, anthias and golden damsel fish.
    Reef with Damsel Fish.jpg
  • Anthias and hard corals on a Fiji reef.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR63-17.jpg
  • Healthy reef of hard corals just under the surface of the Great Astrolabe Reef, Kadavu Island, Fiji.
    FR126-05.jpg
  • Anthias and hard corals on a Fiji reef.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR63-17.jpg
  • Fiji reef view with coral diversity and Anthias school.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)     Vatu-i-ra, Fiji.  Oct 03.
    CR70-19.jpg
  • A recently bleached staghorn coral.
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  • Fiji reef view with coral diversity and Anthias school.  Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)     Vatu-i-ra, Fiji.  Oct 03.
    CR70-19.jpg
  • Blue Coral (Distichopora robusta) growing on submarine rock outcrops at approx 15-20 M depth off the SW corner of Jicarita Island.<br />
This unique coral species was first discovered here at this location, and is only known from small areas of Coiba National Park and some nearby sites in the Gulf of Chiriqui.  First scientifically described in 2004.  Diver Kevan Mantell, who was the person who first brought the unique corals to scientific attention, swims through the landscape of underwater pinnacles.<br />
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Sponges and sea fans grow among the Distichopora corals.<br />
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<br />
Jicarita Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Coral Wall" dive site<br />
<br />
<br />
original description of the coral:<br />
 Lindner, A., Cairns S.D., Guzman .M., 2004. Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84 5: 943-947.<br />
<br />
Jicarita Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Coral Wall" dive site<br />
<br />
<br />
original description of the coral:<br />
 Lindner, A., Cairns S.D., Guzman .M., 2004. Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84 5: 943-947.
    150315_03623.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03702.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03720.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03747.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03808.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03801.jpg
  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03748.jpg
  • Hard corals with early stages of coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
Baja Uva dive site
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  • Coral reef dominated by Pocillopora hard corals, with some coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150902_03726.jpg
  • Table corals and staghorn corals with schools of damselfish in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.  A healthy hard coral reef
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  • Rich growth of sea fans and soft corals cover the steep slopes in an area of high current and surge which bringing rich nutrients to these filter feeders.  Scores of Scissortail Chromis (Chromis atrilobata) and other fish feed on plankton.<br />
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 <br />
Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
'Hatchet Rock" dive siter
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  • Rich growth of sea fans and soft corals cover the steep slopes of a very high current and surge area.  The currents bring rich nutrients to these filter feeders.<br />
<br />
 <br />
Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
'Hatchet Rock" dive siter
    150315_03992.jpg
  • Seamount covered in diverse sea fans, soft corals, sponges and other invertebrate life.  School of Pacific Spadefish in background.<br />
<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Roller Coaster dive site
    150830_02013.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus) and jacks.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05260.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
Schools of damselfish in foreground, with jacks in the distance.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05193.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05180.jpg
  • Seamount covered in diverse sea fans, soft corals, sponges and other invertebrate life.  With schools of snappers above.<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Roller Coaster dive site
    150830_02005.jpg
  • Rich growth of sea fans and soft corals cover the steep slopes in an area of high current and surge which bringing rich nutrients to these filter feeders.<br />
 <br />
Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
'Hatchet Rock" dive siter
    150828_01105.jpg
  • Rich growth of sea fans and soft corals cover the steep slopes in an area of high current and surge which bringing rich nutrients to these filter feeders.<br />
 <br />
Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
'Hatchet Rock" dive siter
    150828_01042.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
Flag Cabrilla Grouper (Epinephelus labriformis) on wall.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05243.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
Schools of damselfish in foreground, with jacks in the distance.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05204.jpg
  • Deep rocky seamount at 30 m depth, covered in rich, colorful invertebrate life including anemones, sponges and corals.  <br />
Schools of damselfish in foreground, with jacks in the distance.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150905_05184.jpg
  • A seamount rich in sea fans and soft corals and teaming with fish life includeing Scissortail Chromis (Chromis atrilobata), Pacific Creolefish (Paranthias colonus), King Angelfish (Holacanthus passer), snapper species, and others.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Twin Peaks" dive site
    150312_02438.jpg
  • Brain coral refraction and roots..A brain coral growing around red mangrove roots in Belize is seen refracted from above water and seen directly below  water in this split level view...Unusually clear water for a mangrove habitat has allowed this coral to grow.  Rich invertebrate life including in some places corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species.
    MM7245-050518-00763.jpg
  • A diver inspects a soft coral growing on a fallen tree trunk.  The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-242.jpg
  • A diver inspects a soft coral growing on a fallen tree trunk.  The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
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  • A recently bleached table coral on a reef in Fiji.  Other corals in the area have not been bleached (ie. retained their algae), so this was a selective bleaching event.
    PI253-13c.jpg
  • A coral reef with a variety of soft and hard corals and anthias and golden damselfish.  Vatu-i-Ra Channel, Fiji.
    MM7059_0030.jpg
  • Bleached staghorn and other corals on a shallow reef in the Fiji Island.  Note that the white areas are bleached (have lost their algae), but brown areas have retained their algae.  Reefs can recover from this type of partial bleaching and this one did.
    MM7059_0022.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Note many orange colored females, and scattered pink colored males.
    CR65-25.jpg
  • A rich coral reef covered in soft corals, crinoids, and tunicates.
    R4-070419-313.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
    CR65-23.jpg
  • A goby rests on a wire coral which has most of its polyps extended.  This species of goby often lives on wire corals.
    Goby on Wire Coral.jpg
  • A goby rests on a wire coral which has most of its polyps extended.  This species of goby often lives on wire corals.
    Goby on Wire Coral.jpg
  • Reef view with hard corals (Acropora sp.) and schools of Slender Anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) hovering over the reef.  All these fish can find hiding places on the reef if a predator comes by..Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.
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  • The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-258.jpg
  • Soft corals, sea fans and sponges flourish on this healthy reef.  .Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-566.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
    CR65-23.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming around an outcrop covered in multi colored soft corals. Primarily Slender Anthias (Luzonichthys waitei) and Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) .Namena Island, Fiji.  Oct 03
    CR49-30.jpg
  • The passage between Waigeo and Gam Islands.  This unique area is protected from waves but experiences high currents which allows soft corals to flourish just below the surface.
    R4-070504-358.jpg
  • Soft corals, sea fans and sponges flourish on this healthy reef.  A jack cruises the reef hunting...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-558.jpg
  • A golden damselfish swims among colorful soft corals.  The colors in the coral are illuminated by strobes.  Without it the long red wavelengths can not reach the depths of the ocean.
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  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in soft corals and a yellow crinoid feather star. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji
    CR67-18.jpg
  • Anthiases swimming over a reef  covered in sea fans and soft corals. Primarily Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)   .Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji.  Note many orange colored females, and scattered pink colored males.
    CR65-25.jpg
  • A forest of soft corals in the shallows of a rocky islet.  Jacks hunting smaller fish...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-367.jpg
  • Reef wall in Raja Ampat Island, Indonesia, with school of silversides and soft corals.
    R4-070413-044.jpg
  • Healthy reef of hard corals just under the surface of the Great Astrolabe Reef, Kadavu Island, Fiji.  Kadavu Island visible in this split level, over/underwater view.
    MM7059_0006.jpg
  • Anthias school and soft corals.
    MM7059_0002.jpg
  • Two species of sweetlips hover in front of a sea fan an other corals on a reef outcrop...Misool Island vicinity.  Near smaller island of Fiabacet.
    R4-070423-506.jpg
  • Split level/over-under view of karst islands and staghorn corals in the Wayag Group, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070419-146.jpg
  • Corals cover the bottom beneath a limestone outcrop island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Wrasses and damselfish hover over the reef.
    R4-070413-126.jpg
  • Reef view with Blue-spotted Groupers and other fish, soft and hard corals...Vicinity of Gam Island.
    R4-070511-039.jpg
  • Split level/over-under view of karst islands and staghorn corals in the Wayag Group, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070419-153.jpg
  • Corals cover the bottom beneath a limestone outcrop island in the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.  Wrasses and damselfish hover over the reef.
    R4-070413-115.jpg
  • A golden damselfish swims among blue and yellow looking soft corals.  Red wavelengths are absorbed and are not able to penetrate 80 ft below the surface.
    MM7148_0055.jpg
  • Rich invertebrate life including in some places corals, tunicates, and sponges, cover the underwater portions of red mangrove roots on this offshore mangrove island in Belize.  ..This habitat is an important nursery area and provides shelter for many fish species..Tunicate Cove, Belize.
    MM7245-050518-00794.jpg
  • Reef detail with soft corals, sponges, and a zigzag oyster.
    R4-070419-231.jpg
  • A reef teeming with fish, soft corals and other marine life.
    Namena Island Reef.jpg
  • Blue Coral (Distichopora robusta) growing on submarine rock outcrops at approx 15-20 M depth off the SW corner of Jicarita Island.<br />
This unique coral species was first discovered here at this location, and is only known from small areas of Coiba National Park and some nearby sites in the Gulf of Chiriqui.  First scientifically described in 2004.<br />
<br />
Jicarita Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Coral Wall" dive site<br />
<br />
<br />
original description of the coral:<br />
 Lindner, A., Cairns S.D., Guzman .M., 2004. Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84 5: 943-947.
    150315_03649.jpg
  • Blue Coral (Distichopora robusta) growing on submarine rock outcrops at approx 15-20 M depth off the SW corner of Jicarita Island.<br />
This unique coral species was first discovered here at this location, and is only known from small areas of Coiba National Park and some nearby sites in the Gulf of Chiriqui.  First scientifically described in 2004.<br />
<br />
Jicarita Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Coral Wall" dive site<br />
<br />
<br />
original description of the coral:<br />
 Lindner, A., Cairns S.D., Guzman .M., 2004. Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84 5: 943-947.
    150315_03683.jpg
  • A blenny fish and a coral hermit crab peer out of holes in a coral.
    Blenny Fish and Coral Hermit Crab.jpg
  • Pocillopora coral at various stages of coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150905_05625.jpg
  • Coral reef with lettuce coral and school of damselfish and anthias.  Somosomo Strait, Rainbow Reef, Fiji.
    PI255-09.jpg
  • Pocillopora coral at various stages of coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150905_05611.jpg
  • Pocillopora coral at various stages of coral bleaching<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150905_05608.jpg
  • Diver Zafer Kizilkaya explores a passage between Gam and Waigeo Islands rich with soft coral growth.  Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
    R4-070504-162.jpg
  • School of Pacific Spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus) swim over the reef on a seamount.<br />
Millepora coral is bleaching at the tips.<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
The Fridge dive site
    150830_02067.jpg
  • Reef with some coral bleaching.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Mona Lisa dive site
    150904_05294.jpg
  • School of Pacific Spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus) swim over the reef on a seamount.<br />
Millepora coral is bleaching at the tips.<br />
<br />
Contreras Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
The Fridge dive site
    150830_02073.jpg
  • A longnose hawkfish, Oxycirrhites typus, resting in a soft coral.
    Longnose Hawkfish in Soft Coral.jpg
  • Juvenile blue damselfish sheltering in an acropora coral.
    Blue Damselfish on Acropora Coral.jpg
  • Coral Hawkfish (Cirritichthys oxycephalus)<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150904_05549.jpg
  • Coral Hawkfish (Cirritichthys oxycephalus)<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama
    150904_05515.jpg
  • Coral Hawkfish (Cirritichthys oxycephalus)<br />
<br />
Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
Twin Peaks dive site
    150828_01209.jpg
  • A school of anthias swimming near a reef wall of soft coral.
    Anthias school at soft coral.jpg
  • A reef crab, Pseudoliomora sp.,  nestled in an antler coral.
    Reef Crab.jpg
  • Tassled Wobbegong Shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) lying in wait on top of a plate coral...Vicinity of Gam Island.
    R4-070511-079.jpg
  • Very low tide reveals the coral reef from above the surface. Max Ammer and Gerry Allen enter the lagoon at Goh Island on an exploratory dive..
    R4-070417-381.jpg
  • A blue and yellow damselfish in a gorgonian coral.
    MM7059_52.jpg
  • Hard coral patterns<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Mona Lisa dive site
    150904_05679.jpg
  • Tufted Blenny (Mccoskerichthys sandae) living in a hole in a coral head.<br />
<br />
Endemic to Costa Rica and Western Panama.  Example of regional endemic, special to Eastern Tropical Pacific.<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Island<br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Wahoo" dive site
    150314_03540.jpg
  • A rocky seamount rising toward the surface with circling fish and rich coral and sponge growth.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Siren's Point" dive site
    150314_03420.jpg
  • A rocky seamount rising toward the surface with circling fish and rich coral and sponge growth.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island, <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean<br />
<br />
"Siren's Point" dive site
    150314_03343.jpg
  • Cortez Sea-chub (Kyphosus elegans) school swim just below the surface near a coral reef in an over/under, split-level view of the island and underwater.<br />
<br />
Canales de Afuera Islands <br />
Coiba National Park, Panama<br />
Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
    150313_03163.jpg
  • A group of sergeant major fish school around a cabbage coral.
    Sergeant Major Fish and Cabbage Cora...jpg
  • A golden damselfish against a background of red coral and crinoids.
    Golden Damselfish With Red Coral.jpg
  • A golden damselfish against a background of red coral and crinoids.
    Golden Damselfish With Red Coral.jpg
  • Invasive Anemones cover former black coral on a deep seamount at 30 M depth.<br />
<br />
Coiba Island<br />
Coiba National Park<br />
Panama<br />
<br />
Bajo Veinte dive site
    150902_03631.jpg
  • A school of fish swim over a reef of cabbage coral.
    Cabbage Coral Reef.jpg
  • Very low tide reveals the coral reef from above the surface..Exploratory dive trip with Max Amar, Gerry and Mark Allen.
    R4-070417-346.jpg
  • A diver descends a coral covered wall off of Manado Tua.
    Descending Diver.jpg
  • Shrimp on a tubasraea coral.
    MM7059_0020.jpg
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